Cover Letter Secrets Revealed
You should always include a cover letter along with your resume, even when one isn't requested. Cover letters can open a lot of doors for you, as long as you follow certain etiquette and construct them properly. Nothing stinks worse than a plain, uninspired, sample-off-the-internet cover letter. If you use a generic cover letter, the hiring manager is going to think you're generic too. And...
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Are You One of Us? Applicants and Employment Brand
The standard career site employment brand offers applicants little more than bland platitudes and empty promises. Open jobs are focused on the minutia of what the job requires, while the employment marketing speak surrounding the jobs emphasizes long-term careers, goals, and identity. It's no small wonder that applicants are often confused by the experience and expect very little from...
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Hiring a POTUS
POTUS POSTING/Image:Michael Moffa "The popular will or desire is usually the last consideration that influences the average delegate."—"The Average Political Delegate", New York Times, September 8, 1879 Construed as the office, rather than as the man, "The President of the United States" can be viewed as another job to fill, albeit a special one. Hence, like any other job,...
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Do You Give Hiring Managers Recruitment Advice?
A recent article on Recruiter.com discussed Brook's Law and its implications for recruiting and hiring. Brook's Law states that adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. The gist of Brook's Law is that you can't throw manpower at any project and expect to experience the same labor productivity. Hiring managers whose teams have too much to do may often think that hiring an...
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Cold Call Your Way to a New Job
There's no question that the Internet has changed the way we search for jobs. Email, social media, job boards - a world of career opportunities are literally just a click away. But all this easy job seeking comes at a cost - whether you're sending a email, letter of inquiry, or a submitting a resume - you're just another faceless applicant among millions of job seekers. When we apply to...
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Payroll Provider PSI Teams Up With Applicant Tracking Vendor
Payroll Solutions International, Inc (PSI), a global provider of payroll solutions and outsourcing services, has just recently announced a strategic partnership with ExactHire, a provider of Talent Management solutions. The partnership will allow PSI to provide its customers with ExactHires's applicant tracking system as part of their service offerings. "This new strategic partnership...
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Cornerstone Signs on With Federal Government for $20 Million
Cornerstone OnDemand, a global provider of software-as-a-service learning and talent management solutions, has recently signed a five-year $20 Million Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The government plans to implement Cornerstone's talent solutions across multiple agencies to support its workforce management and leadership development needs. "We are...
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Brooks' Law: When Hiring Only Makes Things Worse
The software company you represent is running behind schedule on completing a project roll-out. They ask you to hire extra staff to help out. Should you tell them it's a bad idea? Surprisingly, a software project management principle called "Brooks' Law" suggests there is a real chance that you should tell them not to take on additional staff—or, given your own spin on the law,...
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Recruitment Process Outsourcing Provider Pinstripe Recognized as Industry Leader
Pinstripe, a recruitment process outsourcing provider, has recently been recognized as a top player in the annual rankings of major RPO firms published by HRO Today Magazine. This is the fourth consecutive year Pinstripe has earned a spot on HRO Today's exclusive "Baker's Dozen List" of leading RPO providers. "Our continued success in such a competitive field can be directly attributed to the...
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Talent Management Solutions Firm Sees Best Quarter Yet
Halogen Software, a leading provider of HR software and talent management solutions, recently announced their record setting second quarter financial results for the end of Q2 2011. The company experienced 40% year over year growth in annual recurring revenue. Halogen also saw increased customer retention rates as well as the addition of a number of new significant clients. The company owes their...
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Applicant Tracking Vendor iCIMS Releases iCIMS NOW
Software-as-a-service applicant tracking and talent management provider iCIMS has just released their latest talent solution for very small businesses, entitled iCIMS NOW. The platform is based on their highly acclaimed applicant tracking system and is specially pre-configured for businesses with fewer than 100 employees. The software offers immediate value to small businesses, as the...
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Climbing the Hill: Beating the Bad News Blues
Recruiting isn't always sunshine and roses. But if you've spent a few years recruiting, you probably already know that. Recruiters spend a lot of time looking like we have our 'stuff' together; looking the part. After all, it's our job to be in control of situations; to know the right people and the right steps to landing someone a dream job. Recruiters are the ones who somehow...
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